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Chateau Leoville Las Cases,
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We have managed to get our hands on a late-release, pristine parcel of 1989 Léoville-Las Cases direct from the château's own cellars. This is deeply coloured and possesses a thick velvety texture supported by good acidity levels. The fruit is super-ripe and has an almost roasted dimension to it. It is very approachable now but still has years of life ahead of it.
Chateau Gruaud Larose,
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This two-bottle case of pitch-perfect claret will slip down alongside turkey, cheese or even less traditional red meat options. From Second Growth property Ch. Gruaud Larose and the lauded 1989 vintage, this exquisite wine is now showing complex notes of sweet, dried fruit, leather and tobacco. This is the ultimate gift for any Bordeaux aficionado.
Contains two bottles (75cl) of:
1989 Ch. Gruaud Larose, St Julien, Bordeaux
Presented in a wooden case
Chateau Clinet,
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The 1989's aroma (believe it or not, the first bottle in the blind tasting was badly corked) jumps from the glass, offering up pure scents of flowers, black-raspberries, currants, vanillin, and truffles. Full-bodied, with a seamless texture, fabulous concentration, a massive degree of richness, but no heaviness or awkwardness, this remains one of the most profound young wines I have ever tasted. Its sweetness of fruit and layers of flavor, combined with its remarkable texture are the stuff of legends. Both of these wines are approachable (their high Merlot content ensures them softness), yet they remain largely unevolved. If readers like them young, do not hesitate to drink a bottle or two. Ideally, both the 1989 and 1990 vintages will benefit from 4-5 years of cellaring. Given the 1989's additional flavor extraction and length, it is a 25-30-year wine. Anticipated maturity: 2001-2030.
Robert M. Parker, Jr. - 28/02/1997
Robert M. Parker, Jr. - 28/02/1997
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Ch. Gruaud Larose is a Deuxième Cru Classé property that produces one of St Julien's most full-bodied and long-lived wines. Sometimes tannic and ungainly in youth, with bottle-age the wines become marvellously harmonious, developing complex and beguiling characteristics of concentrated black fruits, cedar, spices and liquorice.
Deeply coloured, massively structured, with ample mature tannins, spicy oak and tobacco-scented dark berry fruit. A wine of undisputed ageing potential, this is drinking gloriously now.